Majority of Nairobi residents believe the country is headed in the wrong direction with the high cost of living their most pressing concern.
A survey released on Wednesday by Infotrak indicates that 73 per cent of city residents believe the country is spiraling in the wrong direction with just 11 per cent saying it's headed the right direction.
The study says 14 per cent of city residents think the country is neither headed in the wrong nor the right direction.
A total of 1,024 city residents participated in the research conducted between July 2 and 3 across 17 constituencies.
The interviews were conducted through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI).
The resultant opinion had a +/-3 per cent margin of error and 95 degree of confidence and 96 per cent response rate.
When asked why they thought the country was headed in the wrong direction, 81 per cent of those interviewed cited high cost of living.
Poor governance and rampant corruption in the country came second at 10 per cent, unemployment (3%), bad politics (2%) while increased insecurity/crime, poverty and lack of cohesion in the country were each cited by 1 per cent of respondents.
The highest number of city residents who said the country is headed the wrong direction are from Makadara (85%) and Embakasi South constituency with 81 per cent.
Dagoretti North follows with 80 per cent while Roysambu, Embakasi North and Starehe had 78 per cent each.
Those who said the country is headed in the right direction listed peace in the country as the main reason (51%) while 18 per cent said because devolution has made a difference.
The country's infrastructural projects was cited by 12 per cent of respondents, 9 per cent said the cost of living is affordable while 3 per cent said healthcare has improved.
A similar percentage said the Cabinet and the President are working well, 2 per cent said the country is actively fighting corruption while 1 per cent said education has improved and their preferred candidate is in power.
